Congratulations to our client Ken Lacey on his beautiful featured artist shows this fall! Ken’s work was proudly displayed at consecutive shows at the Ashburn Library, Rust Library and the Loudoun County Government Center. What an honor it was to see him presenting his beautiful work with the public!
Community Outreach
Art Needed for Exhibit in Nursing Home
A resident watches as artist Remington Restivo finishes putting up an exhibit of her original oil paintings at LNRC.
Are you a photographer, painter or art teacher? Maybe you have children who love to make art? If so, I’d like to let you know about a special opportunity to brighten lives through art!
I coordinate a year-long rotating art exhibit at Loudoun Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in historic Leesburg, VA. If you live in the northern VA area and would like to be part of this collaborative community effort that lifts the hearts of shut-in residents by sharing your gifts of love and creativity, I’d love to hear from you! There’s no cost to participate, and I help you put up the artwork. Please call 571-293-1697 or send me an email. Thank you!
$500 Art Grant Awarded to Residents at Nursing Home
Exhibit at Loudoun Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Leesburg, VA
As a parishioner of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Purcellville, VA, I am so grateful for a $500 grant that was awarded through the parish’s Preferential Option for the Poor (POP) Fund! This fund supports the work of organizations that seek to lessen the hardships of the poor.
This grant was used, in part, to bring the gift of making art to residents at Inova Loudoun Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Leesburg, VA this winter. I also put up a special month-long exhibit of their work to celebrate and share with others the inspiring paintings and heartwarming pictures of them making their art. One resident said “I can’t believe I’m doing this!” as she put the finishing touches on her painting she never thought she could make.
Thank you again, St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, for partnering with me to bless the lives of these shut-in residents!
New January Exhibit at LNRC
My “Art to Heart” exhibit on the second floor of Loudoun Nursing & Rehab Center in Leesburg is now showcasing a collection of beautiful photographs by 12 members of the Cascades Senior Center Camera Club of Sterling, VA. A very big thank you to Lyle Small and the other photographers for partnering with me to bring beauty to the lives of the shut-in residents of LNRC!
“Art to Heart Exhibit” feature works by photographers Sample and Lewandowski
Open Studio in June with WLAST
June 22nd and 23rd, I’ll be participating with over 60 Loudoun County artists on the 2013 Western Loudoun Artists Studio Tour (WLAST). Stop by my home studio to see my latest works and painting demos while you enjoy some light refreshments. I’ll be having several door prizes. And, my favorite part–an opportunity for visitors of all ages to participate with me in a collaborative painting in progress! Hope you locals can come! Visit this link for details and a chance to see other artists you’d like to visit on the tour: http://wlast.org/catherinefetterman.htm
“Funny Birds” –A Collaborative Community Gift of Art
This is one of the eight funny, multi-media collage paintings we made for local nursing home residents.
This project was a gift for local nursing home residents, and represents the collaborative creative efforts of nearly 25 of my students, from preschoolers to retired seniors, and took 5 months to complete in three different venues! It features 8 large canvases featuring trees and birds in winter and spring scenes, including baby birds in blossoming trees. We began by creating winter scenes of birds “dressed up” for winter. But the project took months to complete so we included some spring scenes as well since we delivered the work in the spring. The icing on the cake was meeting the recipients of our gift and treating them to a variety show at the same time!
Community Gift of Art– “Butterfly Garden”
The painting at left is one of six panels that are a part of this project which began in June 2009. Nearly 30 people contributed their talent and love to offer a tangible gift of love to shut-in residents in our community. Children of all ages, my art therapy clients (senior adults with mobility, sight and memory impairments at the Loudoun County Adult Day Center), as well as visitors to my home studio, participated with me. It took us three months to complete. I hope you’ll take a moment to see the full project. It’s sure to warm your heart!
Displayed at Loudoun Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Leesburg, VA and then at Blue Ridge Hospice in Winchester, VA.
Watch the slide show (requires Flash)
Community Gift of Art–“Mary’s House of Hope”
Five of my art students (ages 6-9) worked collaboratively with me in 2008 to create a house portrait for a local transitional shelter for homeless women with very young children.
This project features the work of students in my Budding Artists class. Each semester we pool together our creativity to bless others in our community through an “Art to Heart” project using our skills as artists. During our spring 2008 semester, we decided that we wanted to do something for homeless families in our local area. We decided to do a house portrait for the residents staying at Mary’s House of Hope, a transitional shelter for moms with very young children in Loudoun County. We combined soft pastels, oil pastels and markers with hearts of joy and love to create this one-of-a-kind gift of art.